Thanks for sharing this, James. These are strictly personal comments, as I have not yet had an opportunity to share these materials with BC members or receive their feedback. I will share your message and this response with them. I am generally OK with the letter, but would propose one additional bullet point, as follows: * What procedural due process protections will be established for parties to the dispute, and what standard of proof shall be required for an adverse finding. In regard to the Key Points document, I appreciate that the subjective term "offensive" was struck after my prior comments, and replaced with the somewhat better "unwanted/inappropriate" characterization. However, especially as pertains to speech of a non-sexual character,, I believe we need a standard that requires some intent on the part of the alleged harasser to demean, denigrate, harass, etc. In regard to physical conduct, I would suggest that the policy needs to be further developed to make clear that conduct of a criminal nature (assault, indecent exposure, rape) is outside the scope of any harassment policy and is to be reported by ICANN to the proper authorities. In regard to the sentence "You should report any actions that you believe may violate this policy no matter how slight the actions might seem" I would suggest deleting everything after the word "policy", leaving more discretion to a target or witness to decide when to invoke whatever procedures may be created to deal with harassment. Finally, I would suggest that the term "ICANN Conference" needs to be clearly defined to make clear its breadth. That is, does it only cover incidents that occur at the official meeting site or are other locations and activities covered; such as meeting sponsor social events, official meeting hotels, etc.? I hope that these comments are useful in formulating a policy that effectively deals with harassment incidents while providing adequate specificity and due process. Best, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of James M. Bladel Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 4:19 PM To: GNSO Council List Subject: [council] Letter regarding Harassment / Conduct at ICANN Meetings Council Colleagues - As discussed during yesterday's call, we intend to send a high-level letter to ICANN (Akram) on behalf of the GNSO Council, thanking him for his blog post and drawing his attention to statement from the NCUC and the draft policy created by Jennifer and others. (On this latter point, I've edited the Key Points document to reflect the most recent comments on the thread). If you have any comments or edits to the letter or "Key Points" document, please post these to the list by EOD Monday, 18 APR. Edits could include changes/additions to the language, as well as inclusion of other materials or links to statements from other groups. The target is to post this letter by Tuesday, 19 APR. Thanks- J. ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.7497 / Virus Database: 4545/12005 - Release Date: 04/10/16